Unit 5 - Ancient Greece

Ch. 30- Alexander the Great and His Empire (289-295) Mon, April 19 – Wed, April 21

Ch. 31- The Legacy of Ancient Greece (297-303) Wed, April 21 – Fri, April 23

CA Content Standards

6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early

civilizations of Ancient Greece.

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6.4.6 Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on their roles in the Persian and

Peloponnesian Wars.

6.4.7 Trace the rise of Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture eastward and into Egypt.

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6.4.4 Explain the significance of Greek mythology to the everyday life of people in the region and how Greek literature continues to permeate our literature and language today, drawing from Greek mythology and epics, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and from Aesop’s Fables.

6.4.8 Describe the enduring contributions of important Greek figures in the arts and sciences (e.g., Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Thucydides).

Mon 04-19 / Ch.30-Outline (due Wed)
Adv.Classes:
Master Grapes due Fri. / 11 points
Tue 04-20 / Ch.30 Study Guide
due Wed / 7 points
Wed 04-21 / Chapter 30 TEST
Chapter 31 Outline / 14 points
Thu 04-22 / Ch.31 Study Guide / points
Fri 04-23 / Chapter 31 TEST / 7 points

Advanced Classes: Pds. 3 and 4 NEW Format for Unit GRAPES paper

The master GRAPES Paper will have a different format.

The chapter GRAPES format will remain the same.

The new format for the master paper will be:

Describe each section, G-R-A-P-E-S, as a summary of information learned in all 7 chapters of the Unit on Ancient Greece.

-Write your section summary in paragraph form, NOT bullet points.

-The amount of information will vary, depending on how much you want to present.

Chapter 30- Study Guide Questions

1. a. What happened during the Peloponnesian War?

b. What role did Athens and Sparta play?

c. How did this conflict encourage the expansion of Macedonia under Philip? (6.4.6)

2. a. How did Alexander create his empire?

b. How did he plan to unify it? (6.4.7)

3. How did Alexander spread Greek ideas? (6.4.7)

4. In what ways did Alexander use religion to unify his empire? (6.4.7)

5. Why was adopting the culture of those he conquered a successful tactic for Alexander? (6.4.7)

6. What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death? Why might this situation have encouraged a

neighboring empire, such as Rome, to consider conquering Greece in the future?

Chapter 31 – Study Guide Questions

1. What contributions did the Greeks make in language and literature? (6.4.4., 6.4.8)

2. How did the Greeks influence modern ideas about government?

3. What achievements did the Greeks make in the fields of medicine, math, and astronomy? (6.4.8)

4. In what ways did Greek theater and architecture have a lasting influence? (6.4.8)

5. In what ways do ancient Greek writings, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Aesop’s Fables,

continue to influence our literature and language today? (6.4.4)

NAME ______DATE_____ PERIOD: ___

All Classes- Chapter GRAPES Paper

Chapter ____Title ______

Geography

1. What is the physical layout of the land?

2. What effect does the environment have on how the people live?

3. What are some advantages?

4. What are some disadvantages?

5. Where exactly is this place?

Religion

1. What do these people consider as religion?

2. Why do you think their religion is important?

3. Do you think this practice of religion makes sense to continue today?

Achievements

1. What are their major achievements?

2. What are their smaller achievements?

3. What achievements still exist today

Politics

1. What kind of government was formed?

2. How did they make laws for the people?

3. How did the people like the laws?

4. What could they do if they didn’t like the laws?

Economy

1. Did they have a money system?

2. How did they measure wealth?

3. What was the main source of wealth?

Society

1. How many classes of people were there?

2. Were there slaves? Why?

3. Could a poor person become rich?

4. Could different classes of people mix?

5. What was the role of women in the society? Explain

6. Were women able to become leaders? explain

NAME ______DATE_____ PERIOD: ___

Advanced Classes- Periods 3 and 4- Unit GRAPES Paper

Ancient Greece

6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.

1. Discuss the connections between geography and the development of city-states in the region of the Aegean Sea, including patterns of trade and commerce among Greek city-states and within the wider Mediterranean region.

2. Trace the transition from tyranny and oligarchy to early democratic forms of government and back to dictatorship in ancient Greece, including the significance of the invention of the idea of citizenship (e.g., from Pericles’ Funeral Oration).

3. State the key differences between Athenian, or direct, democracy and representative democracy.

4. Explain the significance of Greek mythology to the everyday life of people in the region and how Greek literature continues to permeate our literature and language today, drawing from Greek mythology and epics, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and from Aesop’s Fables.

5. Outline the founding, expansion, and political organization of the Persian Empire.

6. Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on their roles in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.